It is been reported that a powerful politician in involved in the human smuggling of nearly 20,000 IDPs in the North with his brother managing the operation.
Employing several brokers the brother of this politician he has earned about 2000 million rupees from this racket. He charges 100,000 to 500,000 per person wanting to leave the camp. After payment the supporters take the IDPs out and transport them to Vavuniya and Colombo by them selfs. Senior police authority Ranjith Kasthiriarachchi said around 20 000 fled the camps and special team of police officers are been sent to the north to investigate this matter.